Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Nickel, Selenium, Silver, Gold, Tellurium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, GABBROIC, STRATIFORM, MASSIVE, AND DISSEMINATED
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureSULFIDES SEPARATED IN MAFIC MAGMAS
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1937
Identification
Deposit ID60000601
MRDS IDISM0240
Alternate namesPetsamo
RegionEU
Data scoreC
Coordinates69.33184, 29.73693
References
HAAPALA, P.S., 1969, FENNOSCANDIAN NICKEL DEPOSITS, IN WILSON, H.D.B., ED., MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS--A SYMPOSIUM: E-CONOMIC GEOLOGY PUBLISHING CO., P. 262-275. (G1-G13)NALDRETT, A.J., 1981, NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS--CLASSIFICATION, COMPOSITION, AND GENESIS, IN SKINNER, B.J., ED., EC-ONOMIC GEOLOGY, 75TH ANNIVERSARY VOLUME, P. 628-685.KRAUSS, ULRICH, AND SCHMIDT, HELMUT, 1979, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LANDERBERICHTE, XXII. UDSSR--NICKEL, KOBALT, P-LATIN-METALLE: HANNOVER (GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC), BUNDESAN-STALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, 184 P. (PA1)ROSS, J.R., AND TRAVIS, G.A., 1981, NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: ECONOMIC -GEOLOGY, V. 76, NO. 6, P. 1291-1329. (PC1, RR3)